The flowers are being used
in anaesthesia, as sedative and for inducing sleep. The leaves are being
used in rheumatoid arthritis. The seeds are being used in promoting blood
circulation and in ridding of pain.

花可麻醉止痛﹐鎮
靜和催眠;葉可治風濕痛;種子能行血﹐袪風等。

Chemical
ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Principal active biochemicals
are the primary tropane alkaloids: atropine, and scopolamine, hyoscyamine,
atropine, apoatropine, daturine,
tigloidine . The seeds and flowers contain the
highest concentration of alkaloids but all parts of the plant are active.
The total alkaloid is highest during the maturing period of the flowers
and lower when the seeds are matured. The seeds also contain hemaglutinin.